Cast-off.



G. E. PRENTICE.

CAST-OFF.

APPLICATION FILED JUNIZ'Z, 1912v 1,053,643, Patented Feb. 18,1913.

Mia/9555s.- luvs/722w" GEORGE E. PRENTICE, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

CAST-OFF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1s, 1 912.

Application filed June 7, 1912. Serial No. 702,338.

T u all 717710772. 1. t may concern:

Be it known that I, Gannon E. li'nnx'rron, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCast-Otis, of which the following is a speciticatitm My inventionrelates to improvements in cast-nits and the object of my improvement issimplicity-and economy in construction and convenience and efi'iciencyin use.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1.

is a side elevation of my improved cast-oil and part of a suspender.Fig. 2 is a similar view on an enlarged scale of the strap membor. Fig.3 is an end view of the same. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the cordmember, the neck of the stud being shown in section. Fig. 5 is an endview of the same. Fig. 6. is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 7 is aview similar to Fig. st, with the stud in a different position. Fig. 8is a sectional view of the cord member on the line a: of Fig. 4-, thestrap member being, shown in elevation. F in. 9 is a sectional view ofthe same on the line y y of Fig. 7, the strap member being shown inelevation. Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the upper portion of the frontarm of the cord member. Fig. '11

is a similar view of the upper portion of the rear arm.

Mycast-ott comprises a strap member B having at the upper end a bar it)suitable for receiving the loop oi a strap C of a suspender anda cord orloop member 1 having; a cord eye ll at the lower end suitable forslidably receiving the cord E of a trouser member and means forseparablv connecting the said strap member and cord member to bedescribed. 1

The strap member B comprises a body '12 having an elongated transverseslot 13 wh ch separates the bar--10 from the lower body portion and atthe middle is provided with a downwardly extending). apron .l-t having ahole 15 which receives the rear end 16 ot' a. stud and in which the.said rear end to is secured by riveting as shown. The body portion ofthe stud extends forwardly from the apron 1 t and comprises 'adjacentthe said apron 14 a neck l8 and at the extreme trout end a head 1.9. I

The body 12 of the strap member 1 is made of sheet material ofappreciable thick ness, whereby a reliable connection is made in themanner described for securing the stud to the body 12.

The cord member 1) comprises the cord eye 11 at the lower end and an eye20 at the upper end suitable for engaging with the neck portion 18 ofthe stud and intermediate the said ends has means for engaging anddisengr g iup the stud and the eye 20 and for locking the said stud andeye in position of engagement, and is formed entirely of one piece ofsheet material. The blank from which the cord member D is formed is anelongated strip, doubled upon itself to form a loop having a pair ofupwardly extendingarms comprising a front arm 91 and a rear arm 22 andthe cord eye 11 at the apex. The cord eye 11, is swaged to proper shapeto provide a run way for the cord E and also to provide a settodetermiuethe relative position of the two arms 21 and .22 to provide the lock forthe neck 18 and stud.

The arms 21 and 22 comprise an eye 93 at. the upper end that isapproximately circular. and slightly larger than the neck l8, andintermediate the eye 23 and the cord eye ll there is a circular opening24 of diameter such as to provide clearance for admitting the head 19 ofthe stud and Connecting the eve E223 and opening 24 there is a passageway 25 having side walls generally parallel to the line of centers ofthe eye 2 and opening: 24 and separated so as to slidably lit the neck18, and positioned to one side of the said line of centers. Theconnertiug passage 25 of the front arm it is positioned as shown to theleft. of the line of centers and the connecting passage 25 of the hackarm 22is positioned to the right of the same. As shown the left wall 26ot' the passage 25 of the front. arm 21 is arranged tangentially to theeye 23 and the right wall 27 thereof meets the same in the lower righthand quadrant, whereby a nose 28 is tin-med at the junction of the saidright wall 27 and the wall of the eye. 23, suitable to serve as alocking: member in engagement with the lower right hand side of the neck18. Similarly a nose 28 is formed on the back arm 52? and which servesas a. leftlooking membtw. The eye 23, passage 25, and opening; Jet; comblue to form an elongated hole having a for motion somewhat like anordinary key hole. The rear arm 22 is narrow. The front. arm 91 is broadand the rear pin-thin :tl thereoi mil:

4 and $32 relative lateral movement, wherefore the eye 23 and passage 25of the ii-i'iut anti rear arms 21 and 22 only eltema A ely brought topositions of registration and. op-registralion,

Normally the set referred to above in the formation of the cord eye lloperates to resiliently hold the eyes 23 in lateral engngeinent with theoccl; 18 whereby the Walls 27 will be positioned below the saicl neckand serve to partially close the passages 25. flhst is, the wall 2? ofone 23.1111 overlaps the space of the passage 25 of the other arm, andthe two wells combine to appreciably close ihe outlet passage and aceorclingly serve t5 locking members to pre- Vent the accidental escapeof the ssicl neck 18 from the 20,.2md they are resiliently held" in suchlocking position by the resiliency of tlie material of the cord eye '11.

The walls 26 anti 2? of the passage are shown oi? appreciable length,which is desirable to provide for wear and life, though it is evidentthat, these could be shortened appreciably and that "the (levice woulstill be operative in manner describecl It is apparent that some changesfrom the specific construction herein disclosed. may he and therefore Ido not W'sh to he "uncle stood as limiting myself to the precise form ofconstruction shown and described, but tlesire the liberty tomaize suchchanges in Working my invention, as may fairly some Within the spiritand scope oi? the some, i l

I; claim as myffigventioml. A cast-oil comprising a strap member and aloop member, the said strap member.- comprisin'g a. stucl haying a neck,the mill loop member formed of one piece of sheet material andCOInPZlSlllg a corcl. eye at the lower end, and an eye out the uppercncl suitable for engaging with the saicl neclo the said eye beinglocated in two SllPQIQ'llllllUSQil members extending upwardly from. thesaid oortl' eye and. the said cord eye serving as means for resilientlyholdin the soul 0V6. 4 v E U 111 engagement with t e saicl neck.

A cast off comprising strap lllllll'ibfl and e le 'o iuemlser, the saitlstrap n'iembei" compris l llZWlHg i ieck the said. loop memo c iz j singstripcf sheet msto form two s'rms 2g faces allotment and oss,

having 31. cowl eye at the junction of the said arms, the two a2." beingprovided with eyes suitable for eigziging with the saitl neck, andhaving o limited irec lateral movement relatively one to the other, andthe said cord eye operative to tentl to move the said $1115 to one ofthe limiting posi tions.

A cost of? comprising a strap member and a, loop member, the said strepmember comprising 2. stud having a. neck and. a h'each the loop membercomprising strip of sheet maiei'ial doubled upon itself to form. twoarms having the opposing faces in abutment and a cord eye. at thejunctionof the said arms, the said two arms provided with eyes suitablefor engaging with the said neck and with openings suitable for admittingthe soicl head and with connecting passages in each arm connecting theeye. and opening, the said cord eye operatiye to move the said armslaterally Pele lively one to the othen and locking means responsive tosuch lateral move ieiit anti operative to lock the said neck in thesaiol eyes,

4. A csstcil comprising a strap member having it stud provided with aneck and a, head, and a. loop member, the said loop member comprising astrip of sheet material cloublecl back upon itself to form a loop havingupwardly directed arms, a corcleye at the apex of the said loop and thesaicl arms provided each with an eye sli litly larger than the saidneck, am openin suitable for aslinitting the ssicl head, anal s passageconmeeting the said eye and opening of a Width to fit the saicl necltanal the said corcl eye operative as a spring member to tend to move thesaid eyes laterally relatively one to the other.

5, A. cssboll' comprising 5, strap member having a stud providel with aneck and s hescl', and a loop member, the said loop member comprising astrip of sheet material clo'ublecl back upon itself to fox-m sloophaving upwardly directed arms, a cord eye at the apex of the ssicl loopsncl the soiol arms provided each with an eye slightly larger than theSfllil neck, an opening suitable for admitting the said head, and apassage con- .uocting the said eye incl opening of a Width to. fit thesold neck, and fille s-aid passage offset relatively to the line ofcenters of the said. eye anti opening in one of the said members and thesaid coiriil eye operative fl spring member to efi'ect lateral movementof the said arms relatively one to the other.

6. lo a cast-oft comprising a strap member having a Stud provided with:1 ueck mil :2, head, and a loop ll'lCmbeZ, the said loo-p membercomprising l strip of sheet material doubled back upon itself to Torina. loop haying upwardly (lllt-BClZBi'l arms, a (301Cl eye at the apex ofthe sziitl loop and the said arms provided-each with an eye sligl'at-lylarger than the said neck, an opening suitable for admitting the saidhead, and a pas sage connecting the said eye and opening of a Width tofit the said neck, and the said passage off-set relatively to the lineof centers of the said eye and opening, the passage on one arm being0fl"-set to one side and the passage in the other arm being off-settothe other side and the said 00rd eye operative as a spring member toeffect lateral 10 movement of the said arms relatively one to the other.

GEORGE E. PRENTIOE. Witnesses:

SHEFFIELD H. CLARKE, ROGER EDWARDS.

